Inanna

Mesopotamian · deity · primordial · deity

Goddess of love, war and the planet Venus; queen of heaven.

Parentage

Nanna

Domains

love sexuality
war
venus star

Powers

Holding the divine decrees of civilization
Descending to and returning from the underworld
Turning combat into festival and overthrowing mountains

Epithets

šarrat šamê
nin-an-na
Nin-me-šar-ra
bēlet tāḫāzi
Dilbat
Anunītu

Relations

sibling: Ereshkigal
sibling: Utu
interpretatio: Pinikir
equated with: Shaushka
equated with: Astarte
lover: Dumuzi

Sources

Inana's Descent to the Nether World

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